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propagated. We consider it the best presentation of the question ever pub lished» since it gives the full answer of the Scriptures to every phase of the matter. When young people are brought to see' what God says on the matter., they have the final opinion ana it is bound to have more influence than the mere opinions of men. Put one of these in the hands of the young peo ple. It will do a world of good. The Girl I Left Behind Me This is a 5 cent booklet by Mrs. Har low W. Parsons, and is intended es pecially for young women. It is a most unique and interesting presentation of a very vital problem in the church to- day-^-how to get girls to consecrate their lives to the Lord. Mrs. Parsons’ story has been greatly used of God and should be widely circulated. A companion booklet on the same sub ject (same price) is entitled “ God’s Ideal Great Woman” . DID IT PAY? .A close-fisted church-goer paid his pew rent reluctantly, saying that he should waste no more money in that way. Nothing could change his reso lution. He stayed away from church, and his sons followed his example. They soon formed bad habits. The old man saved his pew-rent; but his boys squandered all his property, which they managed to get into their hands; and in his old age he was turned out into the world houseless and penniless. His five dollars had cost him over eight thousand dollars, and who can esti mate all the other losses? BOOK CHRISTIANITY Christianity, as it works in the heart, is mightier than it is when explained and enforced in a thousand volumes. Christianity in books is like seed in the granary, dry, and all but dead. It is not written, but living characters, that are to convert the infidel. The life of good men, and not the library of theologues, is the converting power. i —Dr. Thomas.
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HAT shall be our attitude in approaching God, what the manner in which we shall pre sent our petitions when great issues are at stake or when momentous questions are in volved? Shall we impera
tively demand, shall we naggingly in sist, or may we state our case and leave it for God to act upon in His own way and in His own good time? A widowed mother’s only son was seriously ill and the physician told her he could not possibly live. Her heart naturally was wrung with anxiety and grief. She called herself Christian and so she prayed-—or did she? When her many friends called to offer sympathy and help, she would meet them at the door and almost thrust them out, say ing, “ Go home and pray that God will heal my boy! I will not let him die!” Was this the true spirit of prayer and was it answered? The young man re covered but he lived to break his moth er’s heart by a life of sin and shame. What a marked contrast in the action of the two devoted sisters whose brother was seriously ill and near unto death. Did they demand his recovery? Did they incessantly importune for specific answers to their prayers? No, they sent only this message of confidence, “ Lord, behold he whom Thou lovest is sick,” and left it all in Jesus’ hands. How rich, was their reward! Not only was Lazarus raised from the^grave but even before this, their faith was an swered in the revealing words, “ I am the resurrection and the life.” Shall we not “ pray without ceas ing” ? Yes, when that means a con-
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